Improvement in shovels for seeders



D.SLAUGHTBR. stedfnrtu Tooth.

Patented sept 20,1870.

N. PEYFJIS. FHOTO-LXTHOGHAFHER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

iititeti tetw aient (dimite IDAVID SLAUGHTEB., or MOUNTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent N 107,554, dated September 20, 1870; a'nteflated Septeniber 12, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT 1N sHovnLs Por:4 sEEDERs.

The Schedule referred t'o in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, DAVID Steuerwert, of Mouutville, in thecounty of Lancaster andA State of Pennsylvania, have invvented certain Improvements on Shovels for Seed- .it near the bottom of the furrow, between the flared sides of the shovel, so as' to producethe eiiect of broad cast sowing instead of distributing the seed in the narrow furrows, or in'distinet lilies or rows, as is theca'se when sown in theordinary ways.v

The accompanying drawing will illustratethe im.- prorcment.

Figure 1 is a perspective'view ot the shovel, as seen from the rear.

Figure 2 shows the same in outline or profile.

The dotted lines B Ahorizontally show the position ofthe scattering plate or ridge l', bent up behind nearly or quite at a right angle, so as to prevent the seedfrom falling out behind, boxing it in wit-h the sides A, which are ilared below and drawn in above,

as shown'by iin. 1.

C is a projecting ange, by which the shovel is at tached.

Figure 3 shows the ground plan of the shovel, with the scattering' ledge B.

The flared sides A A and point P, with the keeled front D, in themselves, do not constitute any special novelty.

The scattering'device is believed to be-novel, when introduced near the bottom of the scoring-shovel, so that it will perform the oftic'e of scattering the seed that falls ou it, in such a manner as to be covered up by the pulverized mold or soil, as the seed rolls from the dividing-ridge or plate B, on both sides of the same, as well as rolling under it, and so as to distrib-` ute the seed from one furrow to the other in drilling in or seeding.

Seed sown with the ordinary furrowng-shovel, it is well known, comes up in distinct, dense rows, leaving blank spaces between them which bearno grain.

To remedy this defect is the object of my invention. I do, therefore, not confine myself to any precise elevation or construction of this dividing or scatteringdevice, as experience may slightly luodif'y the same;

a trial, however, made by giving the plate B acentral elevated ridge, with straight or slightly curved inclined sides, has-proved highly satisfactor Attempts have been made to scatter the seedabove 'more or less remote from the base of the furrow, 4but proved a waste ot' the seed, by falling where the soil would not cover it. This is prevented `by inserting the scattering plate, seas to b e lower than the soil im pinging against the outer sides, and falling inward from both sides to cover t-he'seed after being dist-ributed and lodged or scattered across th`e entire furrow made by thc shovel.

I also propose using a. rake, connected with the' rear of the barrow or drill, to give the soil a uniformA level dress, in the wake ofthe shovels.

lhe ordinary seed-)immers can be `nsed,'and .the

shovels attached by any of' the means in use, with the ordinary spouts, or by making them wider one way and narrower the other, so as to spread out along the scattering ridge-plate B.

That I claim as my invention, and desire lto sec'ure by Letters Patent, is;

The arrangement and combination of the prolonged cutter D G and spreading sides A A with the internal ridge-piece B B', 4turned up behind, so as to form Witnesses 'JOHN IVLGIRDER, WILLIAM RoBEnTs. 

